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 Section 3.15: Discrete Section Up Section 3.15: Discrete Section Subsubsection 3.15.1.1: Linear Spring 

3.15.1 Discrete Materials

The discrete_material section defines a material that can be assigned to a discrete element set. The id attribute defines the material ID and the type attribute defines the material type. The following types are currently supported.
Type Description
linear spring spring that has a linear force-displacement relation
nonlinear spring user defines the force-displacement relation
Hill discrete material that defines a Hill-type muscle model
 Section 3.15: Discrete Section Up Section 3.15: Discrete Section Subsubsection 3.15.1.1: Linear Spring 

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